Sounds like it will be a case of 1 in F1 (Force India or possibly Sauber for Perez), 1 in IndyCar. Perez can bring up to about £10m, not sure if that could help him secure either role ahead of Di Resta. Are there any other drivers in the role for Ganassi?

Aleshin had gone as far as he could really in single-seaters, so with no F1 chance in 2011 onwards, this would be a good move for him. Not sure if he has any backing that can help them out (didn’t know SMP was Russian either). First Russian driver in IndyCar?